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The potential of co-designing with living organisms: Towards a new ecological paradigm in architecture (2024)
Journal Article
Chayaamor-Heil, N., Houette, T., Demirci, Ö., & Badarnah, L. (2024). The potential of co-designing with living organisms: Towards a new ecological paradigm in architecture. Sustainability, 16(2), Article 673. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16020673

Living organisms have been progressively used by designers to propose alternative design outcomes aiming towards more ecological aspects. The design development and manufacturing of new materials or design components from living organisms are more ac... Read More about The potential of co-designing with living organisms: Towards a new ecological paradigm in architecture.

In/secure childhoods: Children and conflict in Kashmir (2024)
Journal Article
Brännlund, E., Buser, M., Holt, N., Mytton, J., Fazli, A., Leeson, L., …Sinha, V. (2024). In/secure childhoods: Children and conflict in Kashmir. Childhood, 31(1), 48-66. https://doi.org/10.1177/09075682241226521

This paper focuses on art productions by children participating in an art-based wellbeing intervention project in Kashmir. Drawing on feminist security studies, we conducted narrative analysis to explore how children represent in/security. The locati... Read More about In/secure childhoods: Children and conflict in Kashmir.

Household water containers: Mitigating risks for improved Modular, Adaptive, and Decentralized (MAD) water systems (2024)
Journal Article
Staddon, C., & Brewis, A. (2024). Household water containers: Mitigating risks for improved Modular, Adaptive, and Decentralized (MAD) water systems. Water Security, 21, Article 100163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasec.2023.100163

While the literature on the design and operation of safe water sources in low-income communities is huge, little attention has been paid to the design of systems for the safe transportation and storage of water by households between source and point... Read More about Household water containers: Mitigating risks for improved Modular, Adaptive, and Decentralized (MAD) water systems.

What should be automated next in developing construction smart contracts? Five principles for guiding incremental change (2024)
Journal Article
Mason, J. (in press). What should be automated next in developing construction smart contracts? Five principles for guiding incremental change. Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction,

Existing research on smart contracts in construction primarily concentrates on their operational stage and the mechanics of their potential operation. Having established “can we do it?” the next question to answer is “how do we do it?” The answer inv... Read More about What should be automated next in developing construction smart contracts? Five principles for guiding incremental change.